Unicode symbol for retweet reddit / emacs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- atamariya ยท 2022-10-07 15:36 ​ https://preview.redd.it/05sl96mnkes91.png?width=762&format=png&auto=we bp&s=d6881e941a476286d064040cc288530b4ecba1be What would be a good symbol to use for reblog/retweet/share option? Looking for suggestions - preferably a unicode symbol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- i-barf ยท 2022-10-07 15:41 ๐Ÿ”? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- atamariya ยท 2022-10-07 15:54 Ideally it should have bi state like the heart symbol in the pic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dotwhacked ยท 2022-10-07 17:49 some ideas if emojis are ok (base / active): - โšช ๐ŸŒ€ circle / spiral - ๐Ÿ‚ ๐Ÿƒ fallen leaf / fluttering leaf - โ˜๏ธ ๐Ÿ’จ cloud / dashing wind - โžฐ โžฟ loop / double loop - ๐Ÿฃ ๐Ÿฅ hatching chick / chick - ๐Ÿ”ˆ ๐Ÿ”Š speaker / speaker high volume - โญ ๐ŸŒŸ star / glowing star, or ๐Ÿ’ซ dizzy - ๐ŸŒท ๐Ÿ’ tulip / bouquet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jsled ยท 2022-10-07 18:27 Sorry, but these are all horrible suggestions. What is the user supposed to understand from seeing a circle, cloud, star or tulip? How does that afford to them the idea of "reshare this content to my followers"? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- gwern ยท 2022-10-07 18:35 I'm not familiar with Emacs's styling support, but you could invert the color, change the fill color, mirror it, surround it with an outline, make it a point larger, use any 'bold' variant a font provides, set it to low contrast opacity initially and then full contrast on taking the action (what Twitter does)... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MechoLupan ยท 2022-10-07 20:07 You'll find something here โ†’ https://unicode-table.com/en/sets/arrow- symbols/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- deaddyfreddy ยท 2022-10-07 23:01 ๐Ÿ”/๐Ÿ”‚ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dotwhacked ยท 2022-10-09 08:05 well, I can't say I disagree. I thought it was a tough problem so I looked for things that might look like pairs of states. Sometimes other people will see something you don't, so first stir the pot. Retwee/reblog is such an abstract concept, even the most obvious symbol that comes to mind (the double arrow icon) only works for people who already know what it means. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aeggydev ยท 2022-10-13 21:08 it makes me sad that it cant be simpler to do this type of stuff in emacs